New-York tribune. [volume], May 04, 1919, Page 10, Image 10

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Clergy Unite
To-day in Plea
To Aid Jobless
I>r. Kirchwey Asks Employ?
ers Through Ministers to
Give Preference to Yct
erans in Placing Men
100,000 Still Idle Here
jLahor Situation in Nation
Only S?iii?itly Changed
in Week, Report Shows
This ?a Employment Sunday. Clergy?
men in churches all over the country
will deliver appeals to-day to employers
asking their cooperation with govern?
ment agencies in finding jobs for sol?
diers, sailors and marines out of work.
Dr. George W. Kirchwey, Federal Di?
rector of the United States Employ?
ment Service for the State of New York,
has issued the following appeal to min?
isters of all denomination.-; asking them
to observo Employment Sunday, empha?
sizing the responsibility of the commu?
nity in helping the government to solve
the serious unemployment problem:
"I know of nothing more character?
istic of the spirit of social service which
:s the essence of true religion, nothing
moro significant of the new era dawning
for the churches, than the determination
of the church organizations of the coun?
try to awaken the conscience and direct
the energies of the people for the solu?
tion of the problem of unemployment."
An appeal to New York clergymen to
observe Employment Sunday was also
sent out by Major Warren BigeljW, of
the R?employaient Committee of New
York City for Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines. Another was in the form of a
lettevr from Monsignor M. J. Lavelle.
Y. M. C. A. Takes Part
As ??art of the employment day pio
grammc ministers throughout the city,
co?peraiing with the V. M. C. A., will
announce from their pulpits that J. W.
Gould, at the West Side branch of the
Y. M. C. A., 318 \V,st Fifty-seventh
.??':>. -, will take care of unemployed
discharged service men. They will be
classified according to their trades or
ions. Those who have no set
qualifications for positions will be
tel o( led by i he Y. M. C. A.
Frank W. Smith, chairman of ;he
war activities committee of the Knights
of i olumbus, laid yesterday that all of
the Catholic organizations are coop?
erating heart il;v.
Bishop David H. Greer issued a mes?
sage for Employment Sunday, in which
he said:
"it is of first importance that some?
thing should be done toward finding
luitable occupation for those who are
rged from the army and navy.
?>, only an ?conomie, but a
una . ate supervisor of
i .1 a plea yester?
day for ? ? ro \ i t rahs of the
and navy.
Industrial Revival
nduatry for vrhich the
United States nro. anxi
: solution of the prob-.
employment is still hanging
.balance, Dr. Kircheway said yes
;, rday.
The volume of unemployment in the
State of New York, as shown by reports
.1 by Dr. Kirchwey, continues
about the same as for the last two
weeks preceding. New York City still
has more than 100,000 unemployed, Buf?
falo has 80,. Albany 5,000, Rochester
3,000 and Utica 2,500. Conditions of
are, reported in Albany and Tro;.-,
and many large concerns in the state
aro laying off mer.. The widespread
kg of May Day, Dr. Kirchwey
pointed out, can only be referred to
the same cause the large number of
idle civilians and soldiers in Cleveland,
York and other large industrial
'?:-.
The men of the 77th Division, who
ur. to be mustered out next week im
l ly following the parade on Tues?
day, have been requested by the Re
employment Bureau to register imrae
diuteiv at the headquarters of the bu?
reau, 505 Pearl Street. Of the 77th Di?
vision of 31,000 men who are to be mus?
tered out at the rate of 11,000 daily, it
?i mated by the bureau that nearly
10,000 men will apply to the bureau for
work.
The bureau is doing everything pos
cible to find situations for those men.
An additional personnel of employes
has been put on by the bureau to
?peed up the placement record for the
77th's men.
The World War Veterana of America
haye tram Eerred their employment and
relief department to the Re?mploy
ment Bureau and many of the former's
personnel are expected to c operate
v. ith th< bur ?au. The t rai U r was
accomplished in accordance with previ?
ous plans.
The following summary of unem
; ployment conditions was issued yes?
terday from the office of Dr. Kirch
wey:
Labor surpluses and demands from
thirty-four states reporting for week
ended April '.'.f?. according to figures
of the United States Employment Ser?
vice, show thirty-two cities in fifteen
states reporting a surplus, of 82,600,
six cities in five states show a short?
age aggregating L'.-l?O, while twenty
cities in fourteen states report ?in
equality.
As compared with ligures from the
same cities over the previous week, the
unemployment conditions show a si i I
improvement, which is attributed t?
? demands in the Southern states for
farm laborers.
Of the fifty-eight cities reporting,)
twenty-eight, or 48 per cent, show a
surplus; six, or 8.7 per cent, show a
shortage, leaving twenty cities, or 43.3
per cent, reporting an equality. Fig
ures arc based on telegraphic reports
to the employment service from 3,447 ;
representative firms.
The largest net gains in surpluses
are represented by Youngstowri, Ohio, .
reporting 18,000 unemployed, an in- ;
crease of 1,000 for the week, and Louis?
ville, Ky., which has heretofore shown
[a shortage, this week shows a surplus
of 1,500. The principal decreases in
I surplus during the week were at Meri
den, Conn.; New Haven, Indianapolis,
: and Portland, Ore.
Bomb Material
j From Europe,
Casings Made From Hard
Wood That Grows in
South Germany and
England, Po lice Find
?i
The police were informed yesterday ?j
that the casings of the infernal ma- ;
chines mailed to twenty-five govern
ment officials and prominent persons
throughout the country were made of |
plane tree wood. This species of the
plane tree, it was said by experts, is
not grown here, but is common in Eng?
land and South Germany.
It also developed that the small, vials
i constituting an important part of the
?bombs' mechanism are not now in use
I here among druggists or perfumers.
I Glass manufacturers questioned on
! this point say that small square vials
? such as these have been made only on
special order, but that in their opinion
no such vials have been made in this
country for the last ten years. It is
probable, they say, that they came from
? overseas.
The origin of the wood and the
i source of the vials are now regarded
? among the most important of the clews
being followed out by the authorities
in their effort to hunt down the plot?
ters.
Owen Eagam bomb expert of the
; Fire Department, who at first believer'
1 that the casings were made of maple
wood, said yesterday that in view of
the extreme hardnes sand fine fibre of
the casings it is entirely probable that
they were made of the European piano
tree. Plane tree wod is used in Euro?
pean countries, it was stated, for shoe
lasts and kindred purposes.
lnspectotr Joseph A. Faurot, of the
police "Bomb Squad," said that if the l
reported origin of the wood and vials is
confirmed, an entirely new light will i
1 have been thrown upon the mystery and
? a quicker solution probably assured.
While these new developments, he
said, will be given the closest attention,
? other clews are also being thoroughly
'worked out. No connection, it was
agreed among the authorities, has so far
been found between the case of Dr.
Charles Baldwin, in whose medical in?
stitute a quantity of explosives was
found, and the bomb plot.
Other clews from which much is
hoped are those furnished by the paper
boxes and the typewritten addresses.
Officials of the Louis De Jongc com?
pany, makers of the boxes of pale
green basket weave, and hard pressed
i paper, in which the wooden bombs
were inclosed, have said that only a
few job lots of this particular kind of
paper were distributed among their
patrons as samples.
The manager of the concern believed
that the criminals got hold of the de
; sign by having them made to order by
some box manufacturer who had bought
' one of the job lots.
! Postal Inspector J. ,T. Doran is con
I vinced that the whole plot was hatched
by deliberate fanatics, who knew what
| they were doing at every move. The
discovery of the mail boxes from which
] the machines were mailed will hardly
? avail until some one comes forward
with information as to the identity of
the mailers.
All the bombs, it was announced,
] have now been taken apart by Inspector
| Eagan and rendered harmless or de
oyed.
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RATES
for Fur Storage
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of dampness and
mildew for Furs placed
in ordinary sto-rage
vaults. Our modern
sanitary Storage Plant
is designed especially for
Furs. It preserves and
enlivens the pelt because
its scientifically venti?
lated vaults are dry as
well as cold.
SUMMERTIME FURS
^Jyeceivedjrom oar own trading
posts wid replete with effects
which foreshadow next years
^Jashions thisuear.
Phone Main 5900
?Balchffirice&G).
FULTON 0 SMITH STREETS
BROOKLYN
The Store will be closed all day TUESDAY, May 6th
Speed up the Victory Loan
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T h arty =? f o o rt Hi Street
MADISON AVENUE-FEFTH AVENUE, NEW
Teller ?ho ?nie 7(0X0X0) Murray Hain
Tille Annual Display of SUMMER FURNISHINGS
for Cottages, Bungalows, and Summer Homes ?o Town or Country
is the ffeatore off special interest on the Foimrth and Fifth Floors.
The n u m be r, no-less than the variety and excellence, of the new things presented this year for Summer comfort and
convenience, Is partScunlarly striking,, To en Minnie rate them Is obvIoMsly 5mpossnlblle0 The Items qinoted, however, are
Sech as will most directly appeal, and the prices, while those off regular stock, represent highly attractive values*
SMinnmer Fitments
V Of cretonnes
Pillows (for couch or hamrannoek)
at . c . o S3o00 to 3SQ)
Desk Sets (fouir pieces) . 307B to 4c25
Waste Baskets . . LgO to 3.25
Dresser Boxes . . . LOO to 3*75
Off wkkers
Flower and F rait Baskets, $11 ?50 to 4o50
Serving Trays ? . 9o50 to 12=00
Laundry Hampers .; , . E3o50
Firewood Baskets . g0^0 to 112
(Fourth Floor)
Suimni muer Utilities
Couch Mammocks o $23050 to 7
Beach or Lawn Canopies, IIXSO to
Oardemi Sets (tip tahle and four chairs) of
enamelled metaS . . complete $47o00
Lawnette Sets (table, four chairs amid
canopy) . complete $92u50 to MOoOO
A splemidid assortiment of Imported Cre=
tommies amid Figured Linens, airad of Emiglish
Glased Chintzes.
(Fourth Floor)
? Large .Quantity of
Cotton Dress Lengths
which will include ahout S,??? yards of
Printed and Woven Cotton Voiles as well
as some cotton = and-silk mixtures, will
he placed on sale to-morrow (Monday) at
prices ranging from
$2.25 to $4,00 per length
As these figures are considerably lower
than those at which the materials have
heretofore been marked, this Sale should
awaken more than ordinary interest.
(First Floor)
Safe Storage in the Establishment
is provided for
Fours aod Finir Garments
Rugs, Portieres, Draperies and
Lace Guurtaiinis
Furs repaired and remodeled.
Rugs repaired and Portieres taken
down and rehung.
gmnmnrner Bed Furnishings
White B?ankets, ?per pair $(6o?0 to ?2S?
Colored Cotton Blankets
each . $4o2B to 6.50
Comfortables . o each 3og0 to 1330
Dimmity Bedspreads
Hemmnied . . . each $204? to 3JB
Scalloped . ? . each 304B to 4,25
fflemmmnied . . . each S2045 to 40
Muslin Sheets and Pillow Cases
Sheets (hemmmraed), each $1.58 to 2?28
mow Cases (hemmmmed) each 42c0 to 55c?
(Fourth Floor)
Smnummer Rings
Mommespun Rugs . . $2o?0 to 35
New Eng?and Hooked Rungs, 5>0?(Q) to SB
Navajo Endlan Rings ? lOoOO to 7HoO?
Formosa Fibre Porch Rugs, ]13o50 to ?O.OO
English Bathroomm Rungs, 9o50 to 32<J0
Somme of the prices (quoted are subject
to War Revenue tax,
(Fifth Floor)
A Monday Sale off
American=niade Underwear
w3M offer spEendid values In the following
Lingerie Underwear
Nightrobes . $L45, L95, 209?, ,'
Chemises . . LOO, LSO, L95, 2?75
Envelopes, LOO, L50, L95, 2o90, 3?90
Combinations . L25, Lei, L95, 2JB
CorsetCovers . 75Co9 flJO, L25, L50
Petticoats, L25, L95, 2<,35, 209^, 3o90
Drawers y . . gsCo9 fl.j?, flo?5
Silk Underwear
Night rolbes . $4095, 5?90, 6cSB9 WJB
Envelopes . L95, 2*95, 3o9.0, B07B
CamniSsoles, LOO, 1.50, L95, 2?90, 3o7B
Knickers . . . 2e50, 2<,95, 3o90
The sizes are not complete in a!9 styles?
Somme off the prices quoted are subject to
War Revenue Tax
(Second Floor)
Sammer Curtains
Muslin . . per pair $L9f> to 8.00
Scrim . . . per pair LIO to 9?00
Madras >? . per pair 3?75 to 17.J0
Net ? >; . per pair 3.75 to 29
(Fourth Floor)
Sommer Linens
Cloths . each $B0SB to 36*50
Table Napkins, per dozen 6*75 to 41.50
(Quests' Towels (hemstitched)
per dozen . ? . S6.00 to 15=00
Face Towels (hemstitched)
per dozen . . . $8<J? to 33o00
Face Towels (linen=and=cotton)
per dozen . . $6.00 to 8C5?
Bath Towels, per dozen 400? to 2LOO
Bungalow Table LInenss
Luncheon Sets (13 pieces), scalloped,
per set . . . . . . 52.75
Scarfs, scalloped . each $L2? to L5?
Scarfs, embroidered, each L40 <?s L50
Table Covers, embroidered,
each . . . . . $1.90 <& 4.25
(Fourth Floor)
Russian Sables
are the furs most favored this year foi
Summer wear.
ely beautiful ones are shown in the F
Department, some of them mads up in the
fashionable one, two and three skfin scarfs,
others ready for making up to special order.
Many other choice furs, in scarf form, are
also awaiting selection. Among them are
Hudson Bay Sables, Fishers.and the cov=
eted Silver Foxes.
(Third Floor, Madison Avenue section)
White Suitings
for the Summer Out=of=town
Undeniably smart are the white serges,
richly embroidered in black or white wool
or silk. The all=wEmlte fabrics will, however,
appeal to many; and among these
are tailor serge, silk=and=wool cord,
tricotine, Poiret twill, Jersey cloth,
English doeskin and cricket ffSanneS.
(First Floor)